The Open Source 3D Printing BBQ

The BotBQ is an open source project where the goal is creating a BBQ that 3D prints your burgers! There have been many people who have helped me with this project as I could not have done it alone, THANK YOU!
If you have a request/suggestion on how to use/improve the BotBQ, just reach out to me on social media. All feedback is very appreciated.

3D Printed Food.3D Printed Food is going to change the way the world eats, and the BotBQ only aims to help in the research of 3D Printed Food in a fun manner..

Finding the right nozzle for the BotBQ

3D Printing

a process for making a physical object from a three-dimensional digital model, typically by laying down many successive thin layers of a material

3D Printed Food

– This is an awesome site run by Luis Rodriguez. He is killing it in researching 3D Printed Food and he has a great site going with great content like interviews with cool people in the industry and his own experiments with his own designs.

– NASA actually awarded a grant of $125K to Systems and Materials Research Corporation to have them work up some ways to work 3D Printed Food into the space program. Straight from the NASA proposal about their particular commercial application is pretty intriguing:

“SMRC will develop a system that is targeted for long duration space missions. This system will include a micro- and macronutrient storage system, mixing system to formulate paste and a 3D dispensing system, where flavored and textured food will be prepared for astronauts. The storage system will provide maximum shelf life for the nutrients for the future space missions. The 3D printing system will provide hot and quick food in addition to personalized nutrition, flavor and taste. Such system can be modified and used during short duration space missions as well, which will eliminate nutrient storage system of the proposed 3D printed food system. The short duration food system will utilize various pastes prepared in advance to print appetizing flavored food. The biggest advantage of 3D printed food technology will be zero waste, which is essential in long-distance space missions.”

– They also talk about how it could help with feeding the world because the current way we get our food (animals, crops) is not going to hold up for the total population we will have in the future. How 3d printed food can help with avoiding food shortages, inflation, starvation and even food wars! The proposal is really a great read and I recommend you check it out.

– RichRap made an awesome Universal Paste Extruder to extrude all kinds of food. He has already experimented with marzipan and maize but more importantly is a big player in the RepRap world. He activley posts about his work with 3d printing and even developed his own Delta 3d printer, the 3DR